Weekly thread, Aug 2-9

[jenfl]

5.5 weeks over here.

Vague nausea, but I wouldn't say that it's too bad right now. Definitely better than with DD. Don't know if it's just because every pregnancy is different or if the B6 is helping, but I'm happy about it. Eating the right thing seems to be the key right now, so I've stocked the freezer with a ton of frozen meals so that, hopefully, SOMETHING will sound good. Before that, I was just eating plain noodles, which isn't really maintainable.

I love grabbing a nap, but I'm not sleeping too well at night. Not getting to bed early most nights, which is frustrating.

DD has figured out that there's a baby in my belly. She's chill about it, and has actually stopped asking to be a baby herself and started talking about the great things about being a toddler.

Looking forward to hitting 6 weeks!

[Riverbeauty]

starting to notice food related things this time around that I wrote off last time around... twice can't be a coincidence...

I am CRAVING red beets! I can eat them like they are going out of style!

I walked by a Papa Murphy's and actually SALIVATED at a picture of a bbq chicken d-lite pizza... I HATE bbq sauce on pizza! So I went in and ordered one... it was so freaking delicious.... thank GOD it was a d-light or my blood sugar would have been MUCH higher.

Heightened sense of smell and hearing... some things I didn't mind before make me gag now and vice-versa... like changing my son's diaper...

[ivymae]

Originally Posted by Riverbeauty

I am CRAVING red beets! I can eat them like they are going out of style!

...

some things I didn't mind before make me gag now and vice-versa... like changing my son's diaper...

I am a red beet fiend while pregnant. And they have to be canned, not fresh, which is entirely contradictory to my usual eating habits. Someone told me that they are high in iron, so maybe that was it.

And DH had to change all of DD1's diapers when I was pregnant with DD2, though our lives were much different then and he COULD be home all day doing it. Now, not so much. I just pray that DD2 waits to poop until 5pm!

[Ell-Bell]

I'm only just at 5 weeks today... the biggest symptom for me is that I'm really really tired. With DS I didn't have any morning sickness, and the 2 biggest problems for me were being exhausted, and constipation.

I have also noticed a loss in appetite, and less junk food cravings. I started a hypnotherapy recording for weight loss about a week ago and it could be that these subliminal messages are working and I'm just not craving the junk as much as before... or it's the pregnancy. Either way, I'm eating healthier, and less... which is probably a good thing.

[rhiOrion]

So, I'm not sure how far along to say I am?

My LMP started June 17th, but I'm pretty sure I ovulated on July 15th. Didn't get my BFP for 18 days after that (last BFN on 13dpo, though, so who knows when I would have gotten it if I'd been testing daily).

So I'm thinking that I should just adjust the "LMP" date to July 2nd? I mean, shouldn't it basically be 14 days before O?

So that would make me somewhere around 4-5 weeks?

I'm confused.

http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/288f41

[jenfl]

rhiOrion -- If you know when you ovulated, take that day and subtract 14 and call that your LMP. That'll be MUCH less confusing if you get a provider that doesn't believe in/understand charting.

[chubbycheeks]

Originally Posted by jenfl

rhiOrion -- If you know when you ovulated, take that day and subtract 14 and call that your LMP. That'll be MUCH less confusing if you get a provider that doesn't believe in/understand charting.

Great tip Jen! I'll have to remember that. Doing well here. Boobs are a touch sore when DS nurses, and I'm a bit tired. Still just a bit bloated and have some intestional issues. Waiting and wondering if MS is going to kick it. I was 5 weeks on Friday.

[blue butterfly]

nausea is still super mild which is way dif than my two girls, i puked for 3 months straight. don't no whether to be concerned or grateful. boobs are still super sore and have had a ton of cervical fluid the last few days.

is anyone else wanting to DTD, like constantly??!! TMI, i know, i know

[rollergirl]

was seriously craving cheese pizza, but for some reason, fresh salad greens with chickpeas, red peppers, and goddess dressing completely satisfied the craving. no idea why, but am grateful!

6 wks here. was really hoping DS would nap today. oh well.

[ivymae]

The kids are having cheese sticks, grapes and pretzels for lunch, because that is what I can see from here, and anything more sounds exhausting.

Oh, and I made these little shirts to tell the inlaws the other day, and they were a hit.

[floiejo2]

ivymae, cute shirts, and your girls could be twins if they were the same age!

We told my mom yesterday and she was/is soo excited. It's great to have told someone finally. And to have her be so excited for us. It's been nice to talk to another woman about everything that's been going on. Since men are well...men.

Still having the same symptoms but yesterday was my 5 week mark so I figure I have one more week before it all kicks in and kicks my butt. I am totally and completely exhausted, but that could also be due to the fact that I'm taking care of my kids/house all day long and then going to work for 8 hours on my feet the entire time till 1am. Then I can't sleep right away when I get home and so I'm up till about 2-3am and then up again at 6am with the girls. Ugh! Can I quit yet??

[rollergirl]

super cute shirts ivymae!!!!

[Mandynee22]

Really bad pain in my... private area... and the VERY tops of my right leg- like where the leg ends and torso begins. This has been more than a week and I thought DS kneed me or something playing airplane and I just forgot about it but a friend of mine said she felt like that at the very beginning too. This one can't be in my head (there's swelling for one and it's uncomfortable to sit, get up, move around...). I don't know if it's pregnancy related (how could it be???)
I'm really tired- but I'm always really tired LOL
My boobs and nipples hurt but DS is still nursing and he's a big fan of the twiddle so they hurt a lot too.
I'm about 4 weeks, give or take

[aylaanne]

I tried to take a nap and failed. I bought some frozen fruit salad and I'm eating some of it barely defrosted. DH is making Kielbasa for dinner.

I have random muscle soreness, like I've been exercising in my sleep. I've also had a lot of joint pain in my hips and knees for the last several weeks. I started sleeping with a pillow between my legs again, something I didn't do until late in my last pregnancy.

[jenfl]

Does anyone else get this? When I'm pregnant, I only want to drink water out of glass glasses. We have some plastic and some glass, but for some reason I just can't stand the plastic ones! It tastes.... weird.

[Ell-Bell]

Originally Posted by Mandynee22

Really bad pain in my... private area... and the VERY tops of my right leg- like where the leg ends and torso begins. This has been more than a week and I thought DS kneed me or something playing airplane and I just forgot about it but a friend of mine said she felt like that at the very beginning too. This one can't be in my head (there's swelling for one and it's uncomfortable to sit, get up, move around...). I don't know if it's pregnancy related (how could it be???)
I'm really tired- but I'm always really tired LOL
My boobs and nipples hurt but DS is still nursing and he's a big fan of the twiddle so they hurt a lot too.
I'm about 4 weeks, give or take

I've had some pain in my private area too. Like a dull throbbing or growing pain on my labia or pressure in the vagina. Weird. Also some sharp pain in my right leg where u said.

[rollergirl]

feeling way, WAY better this morning. last time would have been freaking out. this time have hated morning sickness SO MUCH that am just super glad for the break. besides, it seems lately that it's been hitting me around 11 am - 5 pm the hardest anyway. oh and weirdly -- it also seems to be worst (for all symptoms) from fri-mon too. so weird, right??

hope some of the rest of you are getting a break today (or soon!) too! and that it doesn't cause any worries!!!

[rhiOrion]

Originally Posted by Mandynee22

Really bad pain in my... private area... and the VERY tops of my right leg- like where the leg ends and torso begins. This has been more than a week and I thought DS kneed me or something playing airplane and I just forgot about it but a friend of mine said she felt like that at the very beginning too. This one can't be in my head (there's swelling for one and it's uncomfortable to sit, get up, move around...). I don't know if it's pregnancy related (how could it be???)
I'm really tired- but I'm always really tired LOL
My boobs and nipples hurt but DS is still nursing and he's a big fan of the twiddle so they hurt a lot too.
I'm about 4 weeks, give or take

That was totally my first symptom that I knew wasn't in my head. The very tops of my legs hurt, and I had cramping right over top of my hoo-haa.

[Mandynee22]

LMAO I say "hoo-haa" too.
The swelling is like ridiculous now and mostly the whole right side of my parts-and some of the left- and it feels like there's a big bruise over the whole area (only there's no bruise).
I really hope this ends. I'll take morning sickness instead

[DoulaAlicia]

Originally Posted by Ell-Bell

I'm only just at 5 weeks today... the biggest symptom for me is that I'm really really tired. With DS I didn't have any morning sickness, and the 2 biggest problems for me were being exhausted, and constipation.

I have also noticed a loss in appetite, and less junk food cravings. I started a hypnotherapy recording for weight loss about a week ago and it could be that these subliminal messages are working and I'm just not craving the junk as much as before... or it's the pregnancy. Either way, I'm eating healthier, and less... which is probably a good thing.

I don't want junk food either!! And less appetite. I think that is pregnancy. So I'm losing weight or at least I feel like I'm losing weight because of it. I was eating WAY too much junk food before getting pregnant.

JENFL - yes, only water out of glasses!

And also a swollen hoo haa here. Don't remember that happening so early before.